1996–97 Ranji Trophy

Cricket tournament

1996–97 Ranji Trophy
Tournament logo The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	League and knockout
Champions	Mumbai (33rd title)
Participants	27
Most runs	Raman Lamba (Delhi) (1034)^[1]
Most wickets	Rajesh Chauhan (Madhya Pradesh) (52)^[2]
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 Ranji Trophy was the 63rd season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the final against Delhi on first innings lead. This match, held at Gwalior, was the first day-night first class match in India.

Raman Lamba who scored 1034 and Ajay Sharma, 1033, bettered the previous record for most runs in a season.

Knockout Matches

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Quarterfinal 1

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17–21 March 1997
Scorecard

Madhya Pradesh

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Bengal

464 (145.2 overs)
Amay Khurasiya 209
Utpal Chatterjee 3/110 (45 overs)

420 (149.1)
Rohan Gavaskar 109
Rajesh Chauhan 3/121 (49 overs)

425/5 d (136 overs)
Jai P Yadav 108
Rohan Gavaskar 2/51 (20 overs)

54/2 (23 overs)
Shibsagar Singh 86
Manish Babulal Majithia 2/16 (9 overs)

Match drawn
Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground, Indore, Indore
Umpires: R Radhakrishnan and KG Lakshminarayana

Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
Madhya Pradesh advanced to the semi-final

Quarterfinal 2

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17–21 March 1997
Scorecard

Hyderabad

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Maharashtra

226 (96.4 overs)
V Pratap 76
Milind Shripath Kulkarni 4/71 (24.4 overs)

287 (119.3)
Indrajeet Kamtekar 53
Venkatapathy Raju 3/54 (31 overs)

230 (76.3 overs)
Narender Pal Singh 62
Iqbal Siddiqui 4/46 (11.3 overs)

172/3 (35.3 overs)
Surendra Bhave 86
Ramakrishnan Sridhar 2/42 (7 overs)

Maharashtra won by 7 wickets
Nehru Stadium, Pune
Umpires: SK Bansal and MS Mahal

Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.

Semifinal 1

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27–31 March 1997
Scorecard

Madhya Pradesh

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Mumbai

369 (153.3 overs)
Manish Majithia 75
Nilesh Kulkarni 5/81 (41 overs)

532 (230.5)
Amol Mazumdar 125
Rajesh Chauhan 6/191(93.5 overs)

291/7 d (101.5 overs)
Abbas Ali 102
Sairaj Bahutule 4/75 (37.5 overs)

25/0 (11 overs)
Wasim Jaffer 16
Sunil Lahore 0/12 (5 overs)

Match drawn
Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground, Indore
Umpires: S Lakshmanan and P Bhanu Prakash

Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
Mumbai advanced to the Ranji Trophy Final

Semifinal 2

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27–31 March 1997
Scorecard

Delhi

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Maharashtra

656 (213.4 overs)
Raman Lamba 192
Sameer Inamdar 4/163 (40 overs)

524 (143.1)
Hrishikesh Kanitkar 174
Robin Singh 3/168 (35 overs)

264/2 d (67 overs)
Raman Lamba 101
Shantanu Sugwekar 2/41 (12 overs)

Match drawn
Nehru Stadium, Pune
Umpires: LM Thyagrajan and TN Ravi

Delhi won the toss and elected to bat.
Delhi advanced to the Ranji Trophy Final

Final

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5–9 April 1997
Scorecard

Mumbai

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Delhi

630 (202.2 overs)
Jatin Paranjpe 111, Amol Muzumdar 144
Feroze Ghayas 2/116

559 (219.1 overs)
Ashu Dani 178, Ajay Sharma 176
Nilesh Kulkarni 4/143

Mumbai won on first innings lead
Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior
Umpires: V. K. Ramaswamy, Subroto Porel

Mumbai won the toss and decided to bat
Day-night match

Scorecards and averages

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CricketArchive

References

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^ "Ranji Trophy, 1996/97 / Records / Most runs" . Retrieved 23 July 2015.
^ "Ranji Trophy, 1996/97 / Records / Most wickets" . Retrieved 23 July 2015.

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